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Brooke

Pronounced /bɹʊk/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1970 · #1060
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:999 in 2024 (#308)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Brooke in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1970 with 60 babies, ranked #1060.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1914.
  • 2,025 boys have been named Brooke since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Brooke per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 69 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 186 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 494 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 703 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 392 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 157 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 24 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

A topographic surname for someone who lived near a brook.

  • A female given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular since the 1970s. it was further popularized by Brooke Shields in the 80s.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/bɹʊk/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Brooke, CC BY-SA 4.0.